Shaving-brush



(No Model.) Y

W. S. FINLEY.

SHAVING BRUSH.

No. 535,753. Patented Mar. l2, 1895.

WILLIAM S. FINLEY, OF KNOXVILLETENNESSEE.

SHAVlNG-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,753, dated March12,1895.

Appiicaiion iiiedivaich 3,1594. serial No. 502,230. (No modali) To allwhom t may concern: 4

` Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. FINLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaving-Brushes;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of brushes that have handlescontaining soap which is forced into the bristles by mechanism connectedwith the handle.

The object of my invention is to improve upon the general constructionof such devices; and to that end the invention consists of constructionsand combinations all as will hereinafter be set forth in thespecification and pointed out in the claim, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, represents alongitudinalsection 'of the brush; Fig. 2, a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig.3, a section on `line 3`3 of Fig. 1.

A represents the handle of the brush and contains the mechanism formoving the'soap, and B is the bristle and soap carrying part of thesame. The handle and part B may be joined together in any desired Waybut I prefer to provide the handle A with a female thread a at its lowerend and the part or holderB, with a'male thread b which is screwed intothe thread ot of the handle.

The handle A is provided witha longitudinal opening a preferablycylindrical in cross section. In this opening is Iitted a sliding blocka2 having a central screw-threaded opening a3 for a rotating screw a4which is of substantially the same length as the handle and has asquare4 headed shank a5 at its upper end to which a milled disk 0.6 issecured. This disk a6 forms the cap of the handle and when rotated movesthe sliding block a2 up or down, as the case might be, in

the handle by means of the rotating 'screw a4. The lower end of thesliding block is provided with a holder a7 for a stick of soap B. In thedevice shown the soap holding device a7 consists of the downwardextending arms 0.8 provided with inwardly turned fingers a9 which holdthesoap in place and allow it to be moved up and down with sliding blocka2 of which said arms and 1ingers are a part. By separating the handle Afrom the holder B, the soap can be readily attached to the holder a7which is lowered below the lower end of the handle for that purpose. Thestick of soap is pressed laterally against the fingers a until it iscentered on the holderI a7 when it is ready to be inserted in the holderB. This holder B is provided with a central opening b for the soap. Thisopening extends the entire length of the holder B and is fringed at itslower end with a circle of bristles secured t0 the sides thereof in anydesired way, preferably by means of a ferrule b2 of any suitablematerial such as bone or metal as shown in the drawings. The walls ofthe central opening h are provided with two channel Ways b3 for the arms'as which move therein when `the sliding block a2 is moved up or downand hold the latter against rotation while the soap is being pushed downamong or is being wilhdrawn from the bristles.

The advantages of this device are manifold. The handle can be easilyseparated from the holder B which can be cleaned at will withoutinvolving the mechanism for moving the soap; the soap B' is held by apositive, and in fact a locking, device consisting of the fingers a8,arms a9 and the wall of the central opening b'; the soap can be easilyattached or detached from the holder a7 and inspected at will by simplyseparating the two parts; and the soap moving mechanism isso removedfrom the bristles that there is no liabilityof its becoming clogged byreason of soap or lather getting among the parts.

The combination with. a handle having a rotating nut, and a slidingblock moved by said nut and having the arms projecting downward andprovided with the inwardly projecting fingers; of a holder having acentral opening yfringed at its lower end. with bristles and providedwith channel Ways for said arms which with the fingers and wall of saidopening form a lock for the soap held by said fingers. i

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM S. FINLEY.

W itn esses:

ERNEST KELLER,` JAs. H. WnLcKnR.

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